A survey of 9,000 US government employees found that 42% of
female and 15% of male employees reported
being harassed within a two-year period, representing a cost of more
than $180 million in lost time and productivity.

»Bullish On Bullies
On making the depressingly short leap from schoolyard bully to workforce bully, February 1, 2007.

»Tough
Love for 'Bully Broads'The Bully Broads program was designed to
show aggressive female executives -- who had for the most part achieved
success because they were so demanding and perfectionist -- how to get
what they wanted without intimidating others. But, says one female
executive, "I realized that women perceived to be too hard on
others were seen as bullies, while men were perceived as real
go-getters." What do you think?

EAP
Confidentiality Takes Another Hit
Dr. Sheila Horn was fired after refusing to reveal to her employer, The
New York Times, certain information about employee-patients that she
believed was confidential. She sued for wrongful termination, but while
a New York lower appellate court held in her favor, but the New York
Court of Appeals reversed that decision, based on the right of an
at-will employer to terminate its employee.

»Oregon
State Senate Bill 496, introduced last session, would have
provided legal redress for employees who have been harmed
psychologically, physically or economically by being deliberately
subjected to abusive work environments. Like the California measure, it
appears dead in the water -- at least for now.